"Women in refrigerators" is "shorthand for female characters forced to suffer through rape, torture, and even murder to give their male counterparts convincing motivation and/or emotional depth." A new video is an infuriating reminder of how female characters are (under)utilized and (under)valued on...

One thing that shocks me more than anything about the sexism of the film industry is the inability of the Hollywood studios to hire female directors. The statistics speak for themselves — last year, the only woman to solely direct a film released on more than 2000 screens was Kimberley Peirce with "...

Though the man-child has been plastered on the big screen, the woman-child rarely makes it up there. Generally peered at through the almighty male gaze, she is either secluded onto an easily toppled romantic pedestal or tossed aside into the supporting category of awkward unsexual female friends.